All Eyewear Intelligence articles in Volume 20, Issue 2-3 – Page 4
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Essilor acquires Brille24
Essilor International, now a subsidiary of EssilorLuxottica, is acquiring a 100 percent stake in Brille24, one of Germany's major online retailers, with annual revenues of almost €25 million. The acquisition price has not been disclosed. The German trade magazine Handelsblatt, however, spoke with members of the negotiation teams and is reporting ...
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News briefs
Brille24 has opened a new logistics center in Leipzig from...
Brille24 has opened a new logistics center in Leipzig from which it plans to send out up to 15,000 products per day. Orders will be delivered within 24 hours to customers living in Germany and within 48 hours to customers abroad. Brille24 exhibited for the first time at the Opti trade show ...
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Germany’s eyewear industry was stable in 2018
In 2018, the German eyewear industry experienced a 0.5 percent increase in turnover to €4.46 billion, according to figures released by Spectaris, the trade association for the national eyewear industry. Domestic sales rose by 2.2 percent to €2.3 billion, while foreign sales decreased by 1.3 percent to €2.16 billion, mostly ...
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For 2018, Wagner + Kühner has reported an increase in total...
For 2018, Wagner + Kühner has reported an increase in total sales of 6.5 percent from the previous year. Sales in Germany represent 80 percent of the company's sales, with the remaining 20 percent generated in the U.S., France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria and Eastern Europe. In Germany, Wagner + Kühner ...
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GrandVision buys Óptica2000
El Corte Inglés, the Spanish retail giant, has announced the sale of its optical retail chain, Óptica2000, to GrandVision, which declined to confirm a report in Hispanidad that it is paying €90 million for it, almost equal to one year worth of revenues. According to the latest figures released by ...
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News briefs
On March 20-24, Vision Expo East and Retail Store Tours...
On March 20-24, Vision Expo East and Retail Store Tours will be offering three guided tours, each in a different neighborhood, of retail eyewear stores in New York City, overlapping with the trade show itself, scheduled for March 22-24. The Madison Avenue tour, in eastern Midtown, is titled “Bespoke Luxury ...
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Alcon posts strong results, spin-off planned for Q2
Alcon, the eyecare division of Novartis, saw sales increase by 5 percent in constant currencies for the full year 2018. The surgical business grew by 7 percent in constant currencies, led by the company's advanced intraocular lenses, as well as continued growth in consumables. In the Vision Care segment, sales ...
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News briefs
Altares, the B2B information network and database, has presented its...
Altares, the B2B information network and database, has presented its study on business failures in France for the fourth quarter and the full year 2018. According to the study, 54,600 insolvency proceedings were handed down in 2018, just 1 percent fewer than in 2017. However, the number of business failures ...
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For the 100th anniversary of Bauhaus, Silhouette International has expanded its Neubau line with a new...
For the 100th anniversary of Bauhaus, Silhouette International has expanded its Neubau line with a new collection of extravagant sunglasses, Walter & Wassili, named after the architect Walter Gropius and the designer Wassili Kandinsky
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